Azam Taleghani ( fa, اعظم طالقانی; 1943 – 30 October 2019) was an Iranian politician and journalist who was the head of the

Society of Islamic Revolution Women of Iran The Society of Women of the Islamic Revolution ( fa, جامعه زنان انقلاب اسلامی) is a nationalist-religious organization in Iran, founded in 1979 by Azam Taleghani. History The organization was founded by Azam Taleghani in the ...

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Payam-e-Hajar ''Payam-e-Hajar'' ( fa, پیام هاجر, payām-i Hājar, lit=The Message of Hagar) was an Iranian nationalist-religious periodical publication in Bookbinding#Thermally activated binding, magazine-format that focused on current sociopolitical aff ...

'' weekly, and a member of the

Iranian parliament The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

.فرخ‌زاد، پوران (

Pooran Farrokhzad Pouran Farrokhzad ( Persian: پوران فرخ‌زاد, February 1932 – 29 December 2016) was an Iranian writer, poet, playwright, and encyclopedist. She was author of the ''Encyclopedia of Women Culture Makers in Iran and in the World'' which ...

). کارنمای زنان کارای ایران (از دیروز تا امروز). تهران: نشر قطره، ۱۳۸۱، ، 533.

Early life

Born in Iran, Taleghani was the daughter of Ayatollah

Mahmoud Taleghani Sayyid Mahmoud Alaee Taleghani ( fa, محمود طالقانی, , also Romanized as Seyed Mahmūd Tāleqānī; 5 March 1911 – 9 September 1979) was an Iranian theologian, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi'a Islamic Scholar ...

. She served time in prison during the

Pahlavi regime The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

. After the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

she was a member of the

, founded "Jame'e Zanan Mosalman" (Society of Muslim women), and published ''Payam e Hajar'' Weekly, an Islamic journal about women and

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

. In 2003 she protested against the death of

Zahra Kazemi Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi ( fa, زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی; 1948 – 11 July 2003) was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photojournalist. She gained notoriety for her arrest in Iran and the circumstances in which she was held by I ...

. Both in 2001 and 2009, Taleghani submitted her candidacy for Iran's presidential elections, but, like all women's candidacies, her candidacy was rejected by Iran's

Guardian Council The Guardian Council, (also called Council of Guardians or Constitutional Council, fa, شورای نگهبان, Shourā-ye Negahbān) is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence i ...

. Her political ideals espoused a "progressive brand of revolutionary Islamism."

Electoral history

References

1943 births 2019 deaths Iranian editors Iranian women editors Iranian religious-nationalists 21st-century Iranian women politicians 21st-century Iranian politicians Iranian women journalists Iranian women's rights activists Members of the 1st Islamic Consultative Assembly Muslim reformers Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President politicians Members of the National Council for Peace Iranian magazine founders {{Iran-writer-stub